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adj
Having a tendency of streaming, flapping, or spreading broadly as if within a current of air or in outer space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The act of something that flares.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction; gas flaring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: oil industry
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verb
present participle and gerund of flare
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: aflare
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History
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